An article in the New York Post discusses a new ride-share service where you can get an armed driver for protection. This is one way to avoid gun-free zones. Right now the ride-service is offered in Atlanta and New York City. The surge in violent crime nationwide has...
The Harvard/Harris Poll data is available here.
Dr. John Lott, who is an economist, appeared on The Michigan Talk Network with Steve Gruber to discuss the $31.5 trillion national debt and the debt ceiling. (Monday, May 15, 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNvDRffFlYM As the Crime Prevention Research Center has often pointed out, television crime shows seem to think criminals constantly use machine guns to commit crime. Unfortunately, Hulu's Class of '09 show is no different (Season 1,...
A copy of the report is available here.
Dr. John Lott contacted 12 prominent gun-control advocate academics, and he offered a $1,000 bet on if Brazil’s homicide rate would go up or down during the first two years of the bans that President Lula has implemented. Here are the records of the correspondence...
Dr. John Lott talked to Vicki McKenna on her statewide radio show in Wisconsin about "Texas teachers packing heat to make $25K as armed ‘sentinels’ if bill passes." (Monday, May 1, 2023) Vicki’s show covers most of Wisconsin and part of the Minneapolis area in...
Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about his recent piece at Townhall about titled: "Uniformed School Resource Officers Aren’t the Solution to Stop Mass Public Shootings." (Thursday, April 27, 2023)
Dr. John Lott testified virtually before the Delaware House Judiciary Committee on Senate Substitute 1 for Senate Bill 2, which requires citizens to obtain a handgun-qualified purchaser permit to authorize the purchase of a handgun, with an exemption for concealed...
New Orleans, Louisiana, January 1, 2023 (FOX 8 News) The NOPD was investigating a second shooting early Sunday, after finding an adult male victim downed by multiple gunshot wounds allegedly fired by a tow truck driver in the 4000 block of Tulane Avenue in Mid-City…...
Dr. John Lott talked to Mark Walters on his national Armed American Radio show about the outlet mall shooting in Allen, Texas. The massacre occurred in yet another gun-free zone, though not all parts of the mall might have been properly posted. (Sunday, May 7,...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XCkWX_P5bI Over the last two decades, you will search in vain for civilians successfully using guns in self-defense in entertainment television shows. When civilians use guns defensively, something always goes wrong. Either they...